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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Boy’s Eye Injured Painful Accident Loss of Eye Feared

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 2

Brian Rumble, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Rumble, of Meehan Street, was the victim of a painful accident late on Monday…

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Fatal Smash Accidental Death Verdict

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 2

An inquest was held at Gunning before the District Coroner Mr. M. Heffernan, concerning the death of Robert Winspear Terry, of…

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Five Killed in Freak Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 3

LUCKNOW Friday: Five persons were killed and eight injured in a freak railway collision between several goods waggons at…

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Horsemen Hurt Similar Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 1

Two men in the Wagga district, at widely different points, were concerned in almost identical accidents, and each suffered a…

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Thrown Against Hot Stove Unusual Shnnting Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 5

Robert Norman, 34, railway employee, received burns to both arms, hands and parts of the body when he was thrown against…

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Motorists’ Statements After Motor Accidents

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 6

The N.R.M.A.- advises motorists to refrain from giving signed statements to the police regarding accidents in which they are .involved…

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Schoolboy Injured During Experiment

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 3

Brian Bumble, a 14-years-old school-boy, home on holidays, was experimenting with chemicals at his parents' home, Yass. when a glass container exploded in his…

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Scientist Dies Atomic Research Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday: Doctor Louis Slotin, 36 years-old Winnipeg scientist, died yesterday from a radiation disease suffered on…

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Stunned After Collision Drove 60 Miles

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: After an R.A.A.A. car, reported to be stolen, had collided with a truck near Wyong, the driver of the truck, James Moore,…

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Motor Fatality MR H. Belton the Victim

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 2

When a car which he was driving on the Goulburn side of Yass on Saturday afternoon about 5 O' clock struck a bridge,…

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57 Killed and 200 INJURED When Big Chicago Hotel Is Swept By Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 5

CHICAGO, Wednesday: At least 57 persons were killed and 200 injured in an early morning fire that swept through a section of the 22-storey La Salle Hotel…

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Youth's Death Accidental Rail Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 2

Police are satisfied that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Raymond George…

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[?]Gers' and Red Cross Ball at Bigga [?]er Crookwell Boy [?]ly Injured at [?]t Brickworks

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 1

[?]ce, elder son of Mr. T. J. Willis, of [?]met his death under tragic circum[?] on Wednesday last. His clothing be[?]ught in machinery at his father's…

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From Everywhere Cars in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 4

No persons were injured when two cars collided at the intersection of Auburn and Goldsmith Streets early last night. One car…

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Struck by Car Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 5

Mr. W. J. Apps, of Thornford, suffered extensive injuries when he was knocked from his bicycle by a car in Auburn Street yesterday…

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Fatal Accident Schoolboy Killed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 2

About 3.45 on Tuesday afternoon a car driven by Mr. Lionel Joseph Hyland, of Richmond, Victoria, collided with a bicycle being…

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Cyclist Hurt in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 5

Patrick McAleenan, 34, of eight Bruce Street; was admitted to hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from injuries received when…

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Bolting Horse and Taxi in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 2

The driver and three passengers of a taxi narrowly escaped Injury when the car was struck by a horse at the corner of Auburn and Bradley Streets on Sunday afternoon…

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Fireman Hurt in Unusal Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 6

JUNEE: An extraordinary railway accident occurred involving Mr. E. Wealands, of Prince Street, a railway fireman…

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Fatality at Gunning Schoolboy Killed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 4

Gregory Charles Lucas, aged 9 years, met his death under tragic circumstances on Tuesday afternoon of last…

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